Van Gerwen suffers rare defeat in first round Players Championship 20

The 29-year-old Dutchman didn't play badly with an average of 104, but didn't manage to find the doubles on the key moments in the match. Van Gerwen had two match-darts on double 18 in the eleventh leg, but missed them both. Schindler stepped in and hit double 7 to win the game.
It's the first time since March 2015 that Van Gerwen lost a match in the first round of a Players Championship event. At that time he was beaten by Cristo Reyes in the first round.
The world number one suffered a surprisingly defeat on Friday as well, when he was defeated by Madars Razma in the quarter-finals.
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